Chen Qiu's eyebrows slightly furrowed as he scanned his surroundings. Outside the Eight Diagram Platform, he was enveloped by thick and inscrutable Chaos Qi. The ground was divided into nine squares, each ending with a vortex of white swirling.
At this point, the other eight vortices had already stopped turning and were colorless and dim.
Only the one representing Magic Practitioners was still slowly rotating.
He didn't linger long.
He drew a long sword from his bosom, squinted slightly, and with a wary expression, slowly approached the white vortex symbolizing Magic Practitioners and then stepped boldly into it.
With the arrival of a dazzling bright light,
he suddenly appeared above a vast ocean. There he stood atop the water, where the sea allowed him to stand effortlessly on its surface like on a viscous liquid, with no light around him, just a sliver of moonlight.
The pitch-black sea surface, like the gaping mouth of a Fierce Beast, was intimidating to the heart.
Not a single island was in sight around him.
Only a sky full of stars above his head.
At the sa ti, an ancient and ethereal voice reached his ears.
—
"To obtain the Magic Practitioner's inheritance, you must pass five rounds."
"The challenger has Cultivation at the sixth layer of Foundation Establishnt, and the difficulty of the rounds will adjust accordingly to the challenger's Cultivation."
"The first round, Navigating the Sea."
"From this mont on, you cannot absorb nature's spiritual energy, and each of your movents will consu your own Spiritual Energy. You must reach an island before your Spiritual Energy is exhausted."
—
"..."
Chen Qiu swept his gaze around. With the naked eye, he saw no island anywhere, and there wasn't a map or anything to indicate where the nearest island might be, aning if he took the wrong path, he would have to cover a lot more ground.
So far, he had no movent technique.
His speed wasn't fast.
Although he had abundant Spiritual Energy and could last for a long ti, he wasn't fast without a movent technique.
This round tested whether one could find an island before the internal reserve of Spiritual Energy was exhausted.
...
After Chen Qiu looked around and understood the situation, he didn't ponder too much and imdiately exited the Inheritance Secret Realm, directly taking the scholar and others to the nearest Fei City.
He purchased a "Shrinking Earth into Inches" produced by Heavenly Dao Secret Realm.
Then he returned to the Inheritance Secret Realm once more.
...
"Hmm."
Chen Qiu nodded in satisfaction, "This ti, it should be much easier to handle."
—
"Entry na": Tactical Advance.
"Entry level": Grey.
"Entry effect": Once you have mastered the 'Shrinking Earth into Inches' movent technique, when you use this technique, the distance you cross will be enhanced fivefold, and it will consu nature's spiritual energy, not your own. However, you will not be able to control the direction and landing spot; both will be entirely random.
—
This was the entry jade slip he'd found last ti in the workshop owner's Storage Ring.
He'd just forgotten to buy the 'Shrinking Earth into Inches' from the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm's products.
Products of Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, once learned, were at Great Achievent Realm.
This entry had no significant benefits except it did not consu one's own Spiritual Energy, only nature's spiritual energy, allowing for the possibility of eventually landing on an island, as long as the tiline was stretched long enough, even if the landing points were random.
"Swoosh!"
Chen Qiu activated the 'Shrinking Earth into Inches' spell, taking a probing step forward. The surrounding scenery flashed by twelve tis in an instant, and when he stopped, he looked back to find he was a hundred yards away from the original spot.
This spell could indeed link with Dual Casting and Ten Layers of Spellcasting!
One use, directly leveraging it eleven tis without consumption.
Chen Qiu sighed and held his forehead. The main issue was the excessive randomness of landing points; just now, he moved from three feet in the air to the surface of the sea, chaining twelve consecutive teleportations. He had to be careful using this spell in battle due to its unpredictability.
But its randomness was perfect for this place.
And the most perfect aspect was it didn't consu any Spiritual Energy.
"Continue!"
...
An hour later,
Chen Qiu, drenched, stood on the sea surface expressionlessly pulling a teapot out of his Storage Ring to his mouth. He wasn't sure how many tis he had teleported into the sea, and so far, he had not seen a single island.
Most importantly—
He had completely lost his sense of direction.
He wasn't even sure if he had left the starting point, or how far he had gone.
"Continue!"
Chen Qiu muttered defiantly, continuing to teleport relentlessly.
Logically, as long as there were islands in this sea, and since his 'Shrinking Earth into Inches' didn't consu his own Spiritual Energy, he would surely reach an island as long as the tiline was stretched long enough.
...
An hour later,
"Damn it!"
Chen Qiu stood on the sea surface, swept his gaze around, and couldn't help but curse silently. This place was also too quiet, without a single living creature, as if he was the only being left in the entire world.
Moreover, here, his connection with the small world was severed.
There was no way to chat with Fat Long and others to pass the ti.
"Continue!"
...
Three hours later,
"..."
Chen Qiu scanned his surroundings emotionlessly, now doubting whether there was any island at all in this vast sea. He felt as if he had been deceived.
And he had a suspicion: there might not be any islands above the water at all.
The islands could be under the sea.
But when he tried to dive using his Spiritual Energy, he found that a force much stronger than the buoyancy of the water, several tis more powerful, prevented him from diving too deep.
"No matter, continue."
...
Nine hours later,
"Finally, land!"
A glint of joy flashed in Chen Qiu's eyes as he looked towards the land not far from the sea level. He no longer used 'Shrinking Earth into Inches,' but relied on his own Spiritual Energy to run towards the distant land across the sea surface!
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